The Muses: Terpsichore and Polyhymnia
Robert Fagan (1761 - Rome 1816)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1793 - 1795
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1200 x 1048 m (47 1/4 x 41 1/4 in)
Place of origin
Rome
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609093
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Muses: Terpsichore and Polyhymnia by Robert Fagan (Cork c.1745 – Rome 1816), 1793/95. Grisaille panel of two full length females dressed in classical robes; on the left Terpsichore (Dance) plays on a lyre, turned to right, right profile, the lyre resting on a rock which is waist high; to the right is Polyhymnia (Heroic Hymns), leaning forward, left profile, standing on her left leg, the other leg crossed over, her elbows on the central rock, her chin resting on the palm of her right hand.
Provenance
Presumably commissioned by Thomas Noel Hill, 2nd Lord Berwick (1770-1832) on his visit to Naples in 1792/3; bequeathed to the National Trust in 1947 with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.
Credit line
Attingham Park, The Berwick Collection (National Trust)
Makers and roles
Robert Fagan (1761 - Rome 1816), artist